Brock Disagrees With Romney On 47 Percent

Vermont's Republican candidate
for governor has come out sharply against the statements Mitt Romney made
regarding people who rely on government support.

Randy Brock says many of the 47 percent of
Americans that his party's presidential nominee referred to in remarks earlier
this year actually do pay taxes.

Romney said in private remarks at a fundraiser
that the 47 percent who don't pay the income tax are dependent on the
government for services.

But Brock says Romney has it wrong.

"The thing that we forget is that they certainly do pay a lot of other taxes," Brock says.
"To people at the low end of the scale, the payroll tax, the FICA tax typically
is a much higher tax than the income tax."

Romney's comments at a May fundraiser
were videotaped and that tape was released to the news media this week.

It's caused a firestorm among politicians about
whether Romney was accurately and fairly portraying the situation.

Brock says he wants to distance himself from
Romney's view.

"What I'm saying is I know where I stand on it and I don't agree with it. I
can't be more unequivocal than that," he says.

Brock says in Vermont, people pay a lot of
other taxes, as well, including gasoline and many others.